Though he passed a few weeks ago, still wanted to pay trubute to the liberator Sonny Okosuns.
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Bo Diddley and Yves
Mildred Loving
(AP Photo)
Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving are shown in this January 26, 1965 file photograph, Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling, died Friday, May 2, 2008 at her home in rural Milford, her daughter said Monday, May 5, 2008. She was 68.
NEW HVW8 Pieces
“Obama” By HVW8 AI (44″ x 30″)
Dali Lamma by Gene PendonThe New Cool.
Ed Ruscha
The art form has long been given up for dead, but just because New York no longer dominates the scene doesn’t mean it’s failing. Young artists in L.A. help it thrive. ……
An interesting piece about the history of painting in L.A, the beginning of the “Cool School, L.A.’s beginning as a new art capital and its relation to the end of the NY scene.
Emory Douglas – Black Panther Art
Jon Naar
Taking photos of and for Warhol, Graffiti in 1970, Knoll furniture catalogs, portraits, sustainable living book, John Naar did some amazing work.
A few articles on Art to read.
On urban canvas, 2 art forms collide. from the LA Times, June 18th.
Art, Money, Shepard Fairey, Banksy, and the Quest for Clarity from ArtBuisness.com
I like the first article where it states about the first sign real estate agents look for of a neighbourhood being gentrified is when wheat pasting starts replacing graffiti.